Archive for April 4th, 2007
Artificial beaches for Mexico City
6:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico|society · Comments Off
4 Apr 2007Every Semana Santa los chilangos (a mucha honra!) — residents of mega metropolis Mexico City – pack their bags en masse and set out on highways towards the more exotic locales of Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan, among others. For the entire week, one can walk down busy Paseo de la Reforma and see virtually no one. But what of those who can’t afford to leave town? Mexico City’s local government’s got a pseudobeach just for them:
More images after the jump.
Castro lashes out against Bush and Lula deal
1:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Politics · Comments Off
4 Apr 2007
To all who say Fidel Castro is history, recent developments in his level of activity — including walks with Garcia Marquez and long phone calls with his friend Huguito — prove otherwise. Today Castro published his second article this week in Cuba’s Granma criticizing Bush and Brazilian president Lula’s ethanol plan, apparently motivated by Lula’s visit to Camp David (read the transcript).
“At Camp David Bush declared his intention to apply this formula on a global level, which amounts to nothing less than the internalization of genocide.”
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